- 1840, One Penny Black & Two Pence Blue (Michel-Nr.1,2; Stanley Gibbons Cat.-No. 1-6)
unused: singles, pairs, multiples
used: strips or blocks of four and larger
covers: strips and blocks of four and larger
special aspects:
Treasury competition essays, die proofs, Imprimaturs, Postal Notices, rainbow trial experiments, May-date-usages, inverted watermarks, Penny Black plate 11 in singles, pairs and covers, plate 5 „PB“ states and re-entries, mixed frankings, foreign destinations, Registered letters, 2d bisects.
- 1841, One Penny Red &Two Pence Blue „with lines“ (Michel-Nr.3,4; Stanley Gibbons Cat.-No. 7-15aa)
1d „Black plates“:
unused: singles, pairs and multiples
used: strips or blocks of four and larger
covers: strips and blocks of four and larger
1d later plates 12-177 and 2d. „with lines“:
unused: large multiples (2d. from pairs)
used: large multiples
covers: large, unusual and mixed frankings
special aspects:
SPECIMEN overprints, Postal Notices, die proofs, Imprimaturs, plate 11 on Dickinson paper, 1d. plate 5 „PB“, plate 33 „PA“, plate 40 „KB“, plate 75 „LK“, plate 77 „BA“ (‚A‘-missing and corrected), 1d plates 175-177 from singles, 2d plate 4 states, 1d & 2d „lavender tinted paper“ and „violet-blue“, foreign destinations, Registered letters.
- 1848/53, trial separations (Michel-Nr.8IA; Stanley Gibbons Cat.-No. 16-16d)
unused, used from singles and covers:
- Archer Roulette
- Treasury Roulette
- Archer perforations
- Government trial separations
- Private separations
- 1854/63 perforated 1d. & 2d. stars (Michel-Nr.8-11; Stanley Gibbons Cat.-No. 17-42)
unused: large multiples (2d. from pairs)
used: large multiples
covers: large, unusual and mixed frankings
special aspects:
SPECIMEN overprints, die proofs, plate proofs, Imprimaturs, reprints, 1d scarcer plates 53, 64, 65, 2d plate 4 states, perforation varieties.
- 1864, letters in all four corners ½ d., 1d., 1 ½ d., 2d. (Michel-Nr.16, 17, 36, 37; Stanley Gibbons Cat.-No. 43-53a)
unused: large multiples
used: large multiples
covers: large, unusual and mixed frankings
special aspects:
die proofs, plate proofs, Imprimaturs, reprints, Postal Notices, 1/2d. plate 9, 1d plates 77 and 225, 1 ½ d. unissued „rosy mauve“ and „OPPC“-error, perforation varieties.
- 1847/54, embossed 6d., 10d. and 1s. (Michel-Nr.5-7; Stanley Gibbons Cat.-No.54-61)
unused: singles, pairs and multiples
used: strips and blocks of four and larger
covers: large, unusual and mixed frankings
special aspects:
essays, proofs, Postal Notices, unusual destinations, printing varieties.
- 1855/80, surface printed issues with corner letters, 2 ½ d., 3d, 4d., 6d., 8d., 9d., 10d., 1s., 2s. (Michel-Nr.12-15, 18-34, 38-48, 51-54, 59, 60,61, 63, 64; Stanley Gibbons Cat.-No.62-125, 138-163)
unused: pairs and multiples (2sh. brown from singles)
used: large multiples
covers: large, unusual and mixed frankings
special aspects:
essays, die proofs, plate proofs, Imprimaturs, Postal Notices, „abnormal plates“, unissiued, 2 ½ d. LHFL error, perforation varieties, watermark varieties, destination covers.
- 1867/91, surface printed „High Values“, 5s., 10s., £1, £5 (Michel-Nr.35, 49, 50, 66-69, 82-85, 98, 99; Stanley Gibbons Cat.-No. 126-137, 175-186, 212)
unused: singles, pairs and multiples (1884 on white paper and 1891, £1 green from pairs)
used: pairs and multiples (1882, £5 and 1884 on blued paper as well as 1884 10sh. cobalt from singles)
covers: every cover
special aspects:
essays, die proofs, plate proofs, Imprimaturs, Postal Notices, perforation varieties, watermark varieties
- 1880, „provisional“ ½ d. –5d., 1881, „unified“ 1d., 1883/83, „lilac and green“ ½ d. –1sh., 1887/1900, „Jubilee“ ½ d. – 1sh. (Michel-Nr.55-58, 62, 65, 72-81, 86-97, 100, 101; Stanley Gibbons Cat.-No. 164-174, 187 – 211, 213, 214)
unused: large multiples
used: large multiples
covers: large, unusual and mixed frankings
special aspects:
essays, die proofs, plate proofs, Imprimaturs, Postal Notices, perforation varieties, watermark and plate varieties, 1883, 9d. and 1900, 1sh. green and carmine on covers
- 1902 –1951, The Kings issues/ Die Ausgaben der Könige
1902/13, die proofs, plate proofs, Tyrian plum, 6d bright magenta, double printings, high values on covers, multiples and watermark varieties
later issues: sporadic with some essays, die and plate proofs, shade-varieties such as ½ d. cyprus green, 1935 silver jubilee 2 ½ d. prussian blue, perforation and plate varieties
- Official stamps 1840 - 1904 Dienstmarken (Michel-Nr. D1-D65; Stanley Gibbons Cat.-No. V1, 01 - 0112)
1840, VR One penny Black:
unused: singles, pairs and multiples
used: singles, pairs and multiples
covers: every cover
special aspects:
Imprimaturs, Postal Notices, cancellation removal experiments
- 1882/1904 Government department overprints
inverted overprints, covers, „High Values“ 5sh., 10sh. and £ 1: unused and used singles, pairs and multiples
- Mulready lettersheets and envelopes / Mulready Ganzsachen
unused: pairs, part sheets and sheets of 12
used: pairs, additional frankings
special aspects:
adhesivestamps used on Mulready's, proofs, SPECIMEN, May dates, Registered and late usages, foreign destinations, reprints
- Mulready caricatures,
pictorial envelopes,
House of Commons, House of Parliament, House of Lords envelopes
- Cancellations
All kind of material recorded:
Local Maltese Crosses, London MC with numbers, coloured obliterations, trial cancellations, cds., Penny Postage, mail bag, foreign cancellations on british stamps, british cancellations on foreign stamps
- Used abroad
Covers, mixed and combination frankings, 2sh. brown, 5sh.,10sh., and £1 used abroad
- Postal History
crimean war and soldiers letters, wreck covers, covers to unusual foreign destinations 1855-1880, british and foreign mixed frankings (combination usages and re-adressed covers)
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